Month: November 2022

Zac Efron has shared a first look at his new role in the A24 wrestling drama, The Iron Claw, based on the true life story of the Von Erich family. Efron will reportedly play Kevin Von Erich, one of the sons in the wrestling dynasty that was popular in the ’60s and ’70s and also may have been cursed.

In a new Instagram post, Efron shared a First Look at The Iron Claw, and it’s immediately clear that Efron went all out getting jacked for the role. The actor looks particularly shredded as he lays out a devastating move in the ring.

You can see Efron in The Iron Claw below:

As for the real Kevin Von Erich, he praised Efron’s commitment to the role after seeing his body transformation in a recent set of paparazzi photos. His daughters were also big fans of the casting choice.

“I saw a picture of the guy, he looked great,” Von Erich told TMZ. “I don’t think I ever looked that good. I just saw this picture and he looks really good and muscular. He must really be working out hard. … My daughters love him, and so they think he’s the right guy to do it.”

The Bear star Jeremy Allen White has also joined the production as Kerry Von Erich a.k.a. the “Texas Tornado.” Unfortunately, there is not a super jacked photo of White yet, but keep those fingers crossed.

(Via Zac Efron on Instagram)

Manifest Season 4 brought Flight 828’s mystery to Netflix, and with it, major changes happened for one character. In between all of the shuffling between NBC and Netflix, it seems that troubled twin Cal Stone touched an airplane wing, and that instantly aged him five years. Does that new five years now close the gap between himself and reality, all after every passenger missed five years due to a mystery blip? There’s no telling, but we’re here to talk about the new actor who’s playing Olive’s brother.

^^ Ty Doran ^^ is now stepping into the same shoes (albeit in a bigger size) that Jack Messina once filled as the young Cal. Messina has been sharing headlines about the sci-fi soap-opera’s return, which makes this all very bittersweet.

As it happens, Doran does look as though he could be an older Messina, so the change actually isn’t too jarring. Doran has been kicking around in Hollywood for a handful of years. He began with voice work and moved into guest roles on The Blacklist, Bull, and Chicago Fire. And he’ll bring home the final full season of Manifest, which will run at least 20 episodes with the first chunk already landing on November 4.

How this will all end for Cal remains a mystery. He suffered from seemingly grave health issues in earlier seasons and experienced particularly debilitating callings and high fevers. When Season 4 begins, he’s hiding from the public at large to avoid media and government scrutiny for his miraculous new stature. All of this is happening while the passengers collectively careen towards a June 2, 2024 death date, which I still maintain would be a cool day to drop the final batch of episodes. It seems doubtful that this is the actual plan, although it might have been the template laid out when showrunner Jeff Rake originally aimed for six seasons. At least Cal will get to experience some of it as a young adult, though.

Manifest‘s fourth season began streaming on November 4.

“Weird Al” Yankovic appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. With the help of Fallon himself and house band The Roots, Yankovic performed a medley of his greatest hits — including “Another One Rides The Bus,” “Eat It,” and more. Giving even more of a comedic spin, the group performed with only classroom instruments for children. Needless to say, it still ruled, even with a tiny accordion and xylophone.

Yankovic’s presence was in support of his recent biopic, which is currently streaming on Roku. Starring actor Daniel Radcliffe playing the accordion legend, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a zany, heightened portrayal of the musician’s life.

“It’s not a documentary, it’s inspired by real life,” Yankovic shared. “And there are enough nuggets of truth sprinkled throughout that I think you can call it a biopic in that sense. I’ve seen a few more biopics since my movie was done, and I still think, yeah, that’s not any less true than my movie.”

Along with the movie, Yankovic recently dropped a new song, “Now You Know.” Yankovic, along with Radcliffe and his co-star Evan Rachel Wood, had been campaigning for the single to get a submission to the Oscars. Roku, the streaming service, ultimately declined — as they are opting for Emmy nominations instead.

Watch “Weird Al” Yankovic’s performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon above.

With millions of albums sold, multiple Grammy Awards to her name, and sold-out tour dates around the world; there is no denying Dua Lipa’s star power. But after dominating one industry, it is only natural to want to branch out and the “Levitating” singer is doing just that.

When Lipa’s not working on her upcoming album, the pop sensation produces a lifestyle newsletter Service95 and podcast Acts Of Service. If that wasn’t enough, the “Sweetest Pie” singer will be making her acting debut in spy thriller, Argylle, sometime next year via Apple TV+. However, her appearance in the film almost didn’t happen.

On the latest episode of her podcast, Lipa revealed her fear of stepping into the world of acting to guest Emmy-winning actor and producer Dan Levy. The Schitt’s Creek star asks Lipa whether or not she’s enjoys acting, to which she replied, “I did, I did. I had a really great time [on set], and it was really exciting. But I think for me, it’s baby steps.”

Lipa goes on to expand on her hesitation, stating, “I think my biggest thing would be taking on a really big role and be like, f*ck, now I have to be an actor and feel these emotions and feelings on camera when I haven’t brought myself up to that point yet.”

Nerves are natural especially when you’re on starring alongside Superman star Henry Cavill as well as veteran actors Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L. Jackson, and Bryce Dallas Howard. On the other hand, if Dua Lipa’s acting skills are any where near as good as her music, we’re sure she’ll do just fine.

Listen to the full episode below.

Dua Lipa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Smino’s new album, Luv 4 Rent, is out now on Zero Fatique and Motown, and to help promote the album, the St. Louis rapper dropped by the Tonight Show studios to perform a silky medley of album tracks “Lee & Love” and “Blu Billy.” With fresh braids and an elaborately beaded scarf adorning his head — a focal point of his discography so far — and backed by a band with a pair of soulful background singers, Smino puts all his gifts on display, from his chatterbox raps to his falsetto crooning.

The performance followed the release of the video for J. Cole-featuring single “90 Proof.” Smino is gearing up to bring his unique approach to hip-hop and stagecraft to a North American tour in 2023. The Luv Is 4ever Tour will be co-headlined by JID and starts on January 22 in Seattle, running through March 29 in Nashville. You can check out the tour dates below.

Watch Smino perform “Lee & Love/Blu Billy” on The Tonight Show above.

01/22/2023 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
01/24/2023 — Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum
01/26/2023 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
01/28/2023 — Oakland, CA @ The Fox
01/31/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
02/02/2023 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA San Diego
02/03/2023 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
02/08/2023 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
02/10/2023 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
02/13/2023 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
02/14/2023 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
02/15/2023 — San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theatre
02/16/2023 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
02/18/2023 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
02/21/2023 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
02/22/2023 — Miami, FL @ Oasis Wynwood
02/24/2023 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
02/26/2023 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
03/01/2023 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
03/03/2023 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5
03/07/2023 — Wallingford, CT @ Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
03/09/2023 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
03/12/2023 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
03/15/2023 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
03/17/2023 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
03/18/2023 — Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe
03/21/2023 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
03/23/2023 — Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
03/24/2023 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis
03/25/2023 — Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
03/28/2023 — Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
03/29/2023 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works

As the polls open on Tuesday for the midterm elections, Mike Lindell is warning all the “bad guys” out there that his cyber team is watching every single race in the country. Granted, the last time the MyPillow CEO bragged about his elite squad of digital gurus, his “Cyber Symposium” spectacularly blew up in his face as zero evidence of election fraud was found. However, this time Lindell is encouraging people to send him “crime” tips, which is rich coming from a guy who had his phone seized by the FBI in a Hardee’s drive-thru.

Via Ron Filipkowski on Twitter:

We’re gonna be watching every race. We’re gonna have the real-time Crime Desk going at FrankSpeech.com. You can watch me there tomorrow night. We are tracking every race by cyber. I want all the bad guys out there to know, through the Edison report, we are watching. We also have another way to watch what’s going on with the computers and the machine. So I’m putting them all on notice. They’re all on notice. You can turn in at Crime.FrankSpeech.Com if you see anything. Turn it in there.

Again, Lindell has yet to provide any evidence of fraud in the 2020 election despite dropping millions of his own money and making his MyPillow products so toxic that Walmart executives stopped returning his calls. He’s now been forced to sell coffee with his new MyCoffee brand, which has failed to take off like his pillow empire.

Lindell has also been hit with several multi-billion dollar lawsuits, yet clearly, that has not stopped him from running face-first into another batch of wacky election fraud schemes.

(Via Ron Filipkowski on Twitter)

Bruce Springsteen is dropping his next album, Only The Strong Survive, this week. He first broke the news in September, marking his first record since 2020. However, it’s not entirely new. Instead, Springsteen is covering fifteen songs by “soul music greats.” His first single from the album was a cover of Frank Wilson’s “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” from 1965.

“I revisited Smokey Robinson, David Ruffin, and Jerry Butler, Levi Stubbs, Sam Moore, Tyrone Davis, William Bell, The Supremes with Diana Ross singing,” Springsteen said in his album announcement video. “I put my own spin on the singing and my team mastered and sonically modernized some of the most beautiful songs in the American Pop Songbook.”

Produced by Ron Aniello, Springsteen’s 21st album was recorded in… you guessed it: New Jersey. Specifically, at Thrill Hill Recording, according to Smooth Radio.

Continue scrolling for Bruce Springsteen’s complete Only The Strong Survive tracklist.

1. “Only the Strong Survive”
2. “Soul Days” Feat. Sam Moore
3. “Nightshift”
4. “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)”
5. “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”
6. “Turn Back the Hands of Time”
7. “When She Was My Girl”
8. “Hey, Western Union Man”
9. “I Wish It Would Rain”
10. “Don’t Play That Song”
11. “Any Other Way”
12. “I Forgot to Be Your Lover” Feat. Sam Moore
13. “7 Rooms of Gloom”
14. “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”
15. “Someday We’ll Be Together”

Only The Strong Survive is out 11/11 via Columbia. Pre-order it here.

The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is taking a one-day break to make room for Election Day coverage. Haven’t we suffered enough? Instead, there will be an exhibition match between three of the greatest contestants ever: Amy Schneider (40 consecutive games won), Matt Amodio (38), and Mattea Roach (23). But not in every market.

In response to a Jeopardy! fan who complained about the for-fun exhibition game being preempted by the election, host (and favorite among grandmas) Ken Jennings wrote, “Tomorrow’s Amy-Matt-Mattea exhibition showdown was planned specifically to avoid Election Day pre-emptions in many markets. Consult local listings, as they say, to find out when and where your affiliate will wind up airing it.”

The Jeopardy! website notes that tonight’s episode “may be preempted or moved this week due to various events” in the following cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Sacramento, Portland, Columbus, West Palm Beach, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, New Orleans, or Richmond. You can find out more information here.

Jennings also pulled out a deep cut David Letterman reference. “Some have asked why I announced tomorrow’s special @Jeopardy! match as ‘an exhibition…no wagering.’ It’s Dave’s fault, see below. There will still be contestant wagers on Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy! But YOU THE VIEWER should not be wagering!” he tweeted. You can watch that video below — or save it for tonight. Better yet, instead of keeping your eyes glued to CNN, spend the next watching old Letterman clips. It’s a much better use of your time.

(Via Jeopardy!)

At the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony this past weekend, Olivia Rodrigo highlighted the ceremony by covering inductee Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” As Billboard notes, though, an early rundown of the show revealed Rodrigo was initially meant to be joined by Alanis Morissette. Morissette of course did not participate and now she has explained why.

In an Instagram Story post shared yesterday (November 7), she addressed the “mis-informed rumblings” about her absence, prefacing her thoughts by noting how much she adores Rodrigo, Dolly Parton, Janet Jackson, Pat Benetar, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Brandi Carlile, and Sara Bareilles, all of whom were in attendance.

She continued, “I have spent decades in an industry that is rife with an overarching anti-woman sentiment and have tolerated a lot of condescension and disrespectfulness, reduction, dismissiveness, contract-breaching, unsupportiveness, exploitation and psychological violence (and more) throughout my career. […] Thankfully, I am at a point in my life where there is no need for me to spend time in an environment that reduces women.”

Read Morissette’s original post below.

“There are some mis-informed rumblings about my not performing at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony this past weekend. Firstly, I have to say how much I adore Carly Simon and Olivia Rodrigo and Dolly Parton and Janet Jackson and Pat Benetar and Sheryl Crow and Pink and Brandi Carlile and Sara Bareilles — and all the amazing people and artists who were there.

I have spent decades in an industry that is rife with an overarching anti-woman sentiment and have tolerated a lot of condescension and disrespectfulness, reduction, dismissiveness, contract-breaching, unsupportiveness, exploitation and psychological violence (and more) throughout my career. I tolerated it because nothing would stop me from connecting with those whom I cared about and resonated with. I live to serve and connect with people and so over the years I sucked it up on more occasions than I can count in order to do so. It’s hard not to be affected in any industry around the world, but Hollywood has been notorious for its disrespect of the feminine in all of us.

Thankfully, I am at a point in my life where there is no need for me to spend time in an environment that reduces women. I have had countless incredible experiences with production teams with all genders throughout my life. So many, and so fun. There is nothing better than a team of diverse people coming together with one mission. I’ll continue to show up in those environments with bells on. 🙂

Voting time! I love you,

alanis.”

It’s a Marvel twofer. Last year, Chris Evans fans were less than thrilled to see his MCU co-star, Ant-Man Paul Rudd, be crowned as PEOPLE‘s Sexiest Man Alive, but they’re receiving their wish this week. It’s a big year for Evans, too, given that he finally upgraded that iPhone 6 and has his Captain America days firmly in the rearview mirror while accepting the title as announced on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. What’s more is that he had a strong contender for the title in John Oliver, who broke away from his busy Last Week Tonight schedule to attend a Colbert taping, but alas!

You can watch Colbert’s mock tantrum after the 2:00 mark above, but here’s the face:

Naturally (and on the eve of Election Day), Colbert threw a timely little fit. A “Stop the Steal!” did happen, and then he marched right out of that studio while enraged over Evans not even showing up in person. Sadly, Chris was too busy on the set of his Amazon Christmas movie to attend. However, co-star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was on hand to insist that he’s the Sexiest Man “in perpetuity” (he did win the 2016 title), and from there, Evans urged people to get out and vote.

To PEOPLE, Evans remarked that he’ll soon be receiving some good-natured “bullying” and “harassment” from friends, but his mom is very excited: “I am not surprised at all… Our family will be beside themselves.” Should make for a fun Thanksgiving.

(Via PEOPLE)